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Job Placement & Achievements

Awards and PrizesOur graduate students havealso earned many prestigiousawards and prizes.

Since 2004, 106 students have completed a PhD in political science at the University of Minnesota. Of these graduates 88% are in academic or academic-related appointments; 70% of these hold tenure-track or tenured academic appointments at major state flagship universities, elite private universities, and leading liberal arts colleges, as well as at smaller regional, state university branch campuses. A small but growing number of students use their PhDs to pursue non-academic research careers in government, the private non-profit sector and NGOs, and business.

Political science graduates have found homes at a variety of academic institutions and businesses around the globe, including: